Headlight-adjuster for motor-vehicles.



P. N. SQUIRES. HEADLIGHT ADJUSTER FUE MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLOATION FILED Amm, 191

1,082,309. Pmaentedl- July 9, 1912.

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akamai' i P. N. SQUI'RBS. HBADLIGHT ADJUSTER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

l APPLICATION FILED AUG.5, 1911.

1,032,309. Patented .m1y9,1912.-

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@www3 Pnivnanoxn N. soUIREs, or Canon CITY, coLonADo.

, HEADLIGHT-.ADJUSTER FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

specification of Letters Patent.' Patented Julyg, 1912 Application filed August 5, 1911.A serial No. 642,498.

To all wiz-oat it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PEMBRoKn N. SQUIRE'S, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Canon City, in the county of Fremont and State 'of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Headlight-Adjusters for Motor-Vehicles, of which the followl ing is a specification.

The general object of the invention is to permit'of the lamps of a motor vehicle turning in unison with the front or steering wheels, whereby, to reiiect the light at an angle to the body of the vehicle when rounding curves. Y'

` Other objects will appear, and be better understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which, l

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device in operative position. Fig. 2 is a detail plan approximately .on the line 2-42 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail approximately on j the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

The lever 5 is fulcrumed at its intermediate portion as shown at 6 on the front axle 7 and' is pivotally connected at one end as shown at 8 to the t-ie rod 9. The link 10 has a downturned end portion 11 which is received by asuitable opening in the crank 5 and is pivotally connected at its` opposite end with the rock arm 12 pivoted to the radiator frame 13 or other suitable portion of the vehicle. pivotally connected at its ends to crank arms 15 extending radially from the shanks 16 of the lamp brackets 17, the said Shanks 16 be-A ing journaled in boxings 18 carried by the brackets 19 which are connected to any suit-- able portion of the motor vehicle such as the radiator frame 13. The arm 20 is adapted' -at one end to be -xedly secured to the connecting rod 14, any preferred construction being employed to eiect this connection such as by 'recessing the arm 20 so as to receive the connecting rod 14 and securing the same in the recess portion by a clamp The connecting rod 14 is strip 21, connected to the rod in any preferred manner such as by screws 22. lower end portion of the arm 20 connects to the upper end of the rock arm. 12.

From t-he foregoing it will be seen that when the tie rod is moved in the direction of its length, which is done in the ordinary The manner by the movable partof the frontv t axle to which -it is connected, thelever 5 i's moved and the connecting-rod 14 is also moved through its connections with the tie rod. This vmovement of the connect-ing r'od has the eect of turning the lamp brackets and the lamps' connected thereto fin the same directionv of .the front wheels.

Although I`have shown and described one 1 embodiment of my invention it is to be un- 'derst'ood that I am not to be limited to the specic structure nor to the particular arrangement of thel parts herein shown and claimed since it will be seen that various changes will be made, in the scope of the A appended claim, without departing from the` spirit or sacrificing any of-the advantages. What I claim as new is:

In a motor vehicle, the combination with the other en'd of the lever with one end 'of the rock arm, a connecting rod pivotally connected atA its opposite ends to the lamp supports and a rod secured at one end to the -connecting rod and pivotally' connected at its opposite end to the other-end of the rock arm.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PEMBROKE N. sQUIREs.

lVitnesses:

F. L. BUNTEN, R. G. Nnsnr'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each,byl addressing the Commissioner of Patents, v Washington, D. C. 

